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Yesterday, 05:19 PM
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Will I regret the Daytona if I love to chorono?
The white face Daytona (panda-or not, whichever you call it) has always been a grail watch for me, and now that's its more achievable than ever - I've got some equity lined up to sell and some savings to spend - I'm beginning to doubt myself if its all I thought it would be.
You see, I've always loved to use the chrono in my daily life - I like to time stuff - be it a certain task, or the time it takes to cook something, and my speedy pro has always been my tool of choice for that. Professionally, I work in a wet biochemistry lab so I also use it to time reactions and incubations etc. Now when I get the Daytona, I will probably want to use it for timing stuff as much as the speedy, but the problem I foresee is that the Daytona has those screw down pushers which make starting and resetting the chrono that little bit more troublesome. So i'd like to ask those who have the Daytona, and also use the chronograph function rather frequently - do you find it a hassle? Will I end up hating the Daytona because of the extra efforts I would need to activate the chrono? Or do you guys just leave the screw-down open? Does that look weird? |
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
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Sounds like a bit of a case of cold feet. Personally, if I had the money and always thought of the watch as a grail, I’d buy it and try. Worst case scenario, with a watch like the Daytona, any loss (if any) would be really small when flipping.
 Shorter version: go for it! :-) |
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
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Wear the watch you like.
If you are using a Chronograph that often for work, get yourself an electronic/digital bench timer for less than $50 and save the wear and tear on your pushers. |
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Yesterday, 06:49 PM
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If you really want to buy a chrono and use it as such go for the accurate ones which lets you read the elapsed time in 0.1 seconds.
That will be the Grand Seiko Tentagraph or the Zenith El Primero. I like the new Daytona but as an actual chrono it’s not worth much. Screw down pushers and than the marks to read on the sub dials are laughable to say the least. Only accurate to ⅛ of a second ? Not much use for that. The cost of not using a high beat movement. Buying a Daytona and expecting to actually use it for anything other than boiling eggs will result in buyers remorse. A Daytona is for its looks and doing quite well in that department
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Yesterday, 07:27 PM
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If you are going to use it only as a timer, it might not be a very good option. But I find the bezel very handy if I want to measure heart pulsations, a telemetre and so on. Because it is easy to divide the scales.
Additionally, you do not need to wind it every day. Plus you get 100m water r. |
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
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Go for the Panda Daytona for its pure shiny asthetics and good looks. You will smile everyday when you look at it especially in a broad daylight. For that reason alone it is money well spent. For anything else such as timing things (screwed down pushers) or reading time (lol it’s poor legibility) it’s not useful Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yesterday, 09:57 PM
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Yesterday, 10:02 PM
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Yes, I think you'll regret it because you're already having doubts.
This is classic pre-buyers remorse - feelings of doubt or regret before making a significant purchase. When you start to question whether you are making the right decision, it leads to feelings of unease before the transaction. External opinions from us might only undermine confidence in your ultimate decision, leading to second-guessing. IMHO... You would be in the 1% of Daytona owners who actually time something if you do what you described. So I would approach ownership of a Daytona as "love" versus a functional purpose. That to me is a more healthy approach to the decision. Do you love the Daytona already? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Yesterday, 10:04 PM
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You said it better - we were typing at the same time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Yesterday, 10:15 PM
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If its the watch you want…and you can afford it…go for it…like what one op said…if you dont like it you can flip it and get close to what you paid if you got it on the grey market.
If youre using it solely as a timer…use your iphone or get a $10 timer on amazon or something…. You cant go wrong with the Daytona unless you need to have teh date function lol |
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
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Im with Cru on this one … try it out.
At worst you sell it for a small loss 
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Yesterday, 10:46 PM
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Buy a G shock for work/cooking and save the Daytona for special occasions
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Yesterday, 11:06 PM
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I’d get a white speedy pro to go with your black. Best of both worlds, and a lot less coin to boot
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Yesterday, 11:07 PM
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Yesterday, 11:10 PM
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Yesterday, 11:19 PM
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Like a lot of things, when in doubt, don't. I like the Daytona watches and have owned them all in every metal over the years but currently don't have one. The right tool for the right task and the Daytona may not be it for wet lab work. Could you make it work, sure, but I would have something else to do that job. Time will lead you where you want to go, just give it some before such a big purchase and just see. Good luck and let us know what you decide.
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